1a.

Approve the minutes of the August 11, 2005 regular session of Council.

1b.

Financial transactions.

1c.

Ordinances proposed for final reading.

1. Ordinance C-583, appointing the Municipal Court Judge and Associate Municipal Court Judge of the Municipal Court of Record in the City of Burleson to two-year terms commencing September 1, 2005 and terminating August 31, 2007.
   

1d.

Case 05-122 – Final Plat of Lot 1, Block 1, Cope Addition, 1.84 acres located at 361 Iron Stone Road .

1e.

Case 05 -120 – Final Plat of Hidden Creek Estates Phase II, 23.44 acres located at the south end of Hidden Lake Drive .

1f.

Final Plat of Oak Valley Estates Phase 13, 18.48 acres located at the south end of Cardinal Ridge Road, east of Hurst Road .

2a.

Citizen Appearances.

(Citizens who have signed a card to speak to the City Council will be heard at this time. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, unless the subject matter of the presentation is on the agenda, the city staff and City Council members are prevented from discussing the subject and may respond only with statements of factual information or existing city policy. Public comment will not be taken on items that the Council has previously considered in a public hearing.)

3a.

3b.

Setting the date for the public hearing for the 2005-2006 proposed budget.

3c.

Setting September 22, 2005, as the date for the adoption of the 2005 ad valorem tax rate of 0.5964.

3d.

Setting the dates for the public hearings on the 2005 ad valorem tax rate as September 8, 2005 at 7:00 PM and September 13, 2005, at 6:00 PM.

4a.

Authorize the Mayor to execute a Tax Collection Contract with the Johnson County Tax Office.

5a.

Public hearing on the zoning change from PD Planned Development to SF7(D) Single Family on 73.63 acres located at the northeast corner of FM 1902 and CR 910.

5b.

Ordinance D-047, changing the zoning from PD Planned Development to SF7 (D) Single Family on 73.63 acres located at the northeast corner of FM 1902 and CR 910. (Final reading)

5c.

Remove from the table and consideration of the preliminary plat of Bluebird Meadows, 73.63 acres located at the northeast corner of FM 1902 and CR 910.

6a.

Authorize the City Manager to execute a three party contract for the construction of Shannon Creek Estates.

6b.

7a.

Quarterly Investment Report for period ending June 30, 2005.

8a.

Legislative update.

(In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Council members may comment on routine city matters, may ask questions of staff that require only responses of factual information or statements of existing city policy, or may request that non-routine matters of public concern be placed on a future agenda. Council members may not discuss non-agenda items among themselves.)

9a.

Non-agenda council comments.

10a.

Non-agenda staff comments.

(In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, city staff members may comment on routine city operations and projects. Staff members may respond to questions from others only with statements of factual information or existing city policy.)

11a.

Pursuant to Sec. 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, the city council reserves the right to convene in Executive Session(s), from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting for any posted agenda item, to receive advice from its attorney as permitted by law. In addition the Council will convene in executive session to discuss the following:

(3) City of Burleson , Texas and City of Cleburne , Texas v. City of Joshua , Texas

(C) a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the chapter.

11b.

Pursuant to Sec. 551.072, deliberation regarding the purchase, exchange, lease or sale of real property for future expansion of certain programs and services.

11c.

Pursuant to Sec. 551.076, deliberation regarding security devices.

11d.

Pursuant to Sec. 551.087, deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations including (1) discussion or deliberation regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; OR (2) deliberation of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described in (1) above.